Individually, Hempstead's Kevin Boulds was first in the 400m dash with a 52.59 and the 4x400m relay team of Brian Ray, Kelvin Kirby, Morris Jackson and Boulds finished first.

The 4x100m relay team of Andre VanDuren, Boulds, Morris Jackson and Hassan Wolfe came in second in 43.83, just behind the Sealy team's first place time of 43.50.

The 4x200m relay team of Kirby, Wolfe, Jackson and Jackson was second in 1:35.87.

The 4x800m relay team of Gillum, Compean, Jefferson and Herrera was fourth in 9:50.89.

Hempstead's Howard London was second in the triple jump with a 41' 3" and Brian Ray was third with a 38' 4 1/2". London was third in the long jump with a 19' 1/4".

Jeremy Jessie took second in the high jump by clearing the bar at 6' 2" and Kelvin Kirby was fifth with a 5' 8".

VanDuren was third in the shot put with a distance of 48' 6 1/4" and Jerry Ambercrombie was fourth with a 47' 2" throw.

The Ladycats returned to action at Royal after the March 2 meet at Rockdale was rained out.

In finishing seventh at Royal, the Ladycats had a total of 42 points.

"Senior runner Meoucha Davis was away at a national indoor meet, so the Ladycats had to perform at their maximum," said head coach Renee Stubblefield.

Sophomore Ashley Glover stepped up to earn 32 individual points for her team and the other six team members competed well, the coach said.

Glover finished first in the 100m dash with a time of 12.79 and second in the long jump with a distance of 15' 5".

The 4x100m relay team of Talia Neal, Mellaneshia Gentry, Glover, and Lequesa Kennedy was third with a 51.30, their best time of the season.

The 4x200m relay team of Neal, Nikki Gertman, Olivia Sweed and Gentry was fifth in 1:53.89, almost five seconds off their best time. The 4x400m team of Glover, Gertman, Jessie Lewis and Gentry ran the event for the first time this season and was sixth in 4:57.22.

Lewis was fourth in the 300m hurdles with a 52.83 and sixth in the 100m hurdles in 18.56.

Gentry was sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 33' 2".

Stubblefield said. "I was very pleased and excited about how well these seven young ladies performed with pride and tenacity to represent HHS without Davis who had 36 individual points at the Brazos Meet.

"Although we missed Davis, it gave us an opportunity to strategize for the future, when she returns.